California sheriff learned of John Elway golf cart incident two days later, says it's now investigating

Deputies successful California accidental they didn't perceive astir a deadly play cart incidental wherever Denver Broncos fable John Elway was reportedly down the instrumentality until 2 days aft it happened.

The Riverside County Sheriff's Office said successful a property merchandise it "received information" connected Monday regarding a play cart incidental that happened connected Saturday astatine The Madison Club successful La Quinta. According to officials, Elway's cause and longtime person Jeffrey Sperbeck, 62, fell disconnected the backmost of a play cart.

TMZ reported that Elway was driving the play cart astatine the clip and the 2 were leaving a Stagecoach after-party erstwhile the incidental happened. Elway was reportedly the archetypal idiosyncratic to telephone 911. Public records bespeak Elway has a spot that's a 10-minute thrust from The Madison Club.

A spokesperson for Cal Fire told Fox News Digital it worked with the Riverside County Fire Department successful responding to the incidental astatine 6:50 p.m. Authorities said Sperbeck suffered "serious injuries" and was transported to a section infirmary and initially listed successful captious condition, wherever helium died connected Wednesday astatine the Desert Regional Medical Center successful Palm Springs.

Fox News Digital reached retired to The Madison Club and Elway for comment.

JOHN ELWAY BREAKS SILENCE ON AGENT'S DEATH AFTER GOLF CART CRASH

Denver Broncos president of shot operations John Elway watches from the sidelines during the crippled against the Las Vegas Raiders astatine Allegiant Stadium successful Paradise, Nevada, connected Dec 26, 2021. (Kirby Lee-USA TODAY Sports)

The Cal Fire spokesperson said that the Riverside County Sheriff's Office wasn't requested to respond to the incidental "due to the telephone being aesculapian successful nature."

In a statement, the Riverside County Sheriff's Office said it would behaviour an probe into the decease of Sperbeck "and volition instrumentality due enactment based connected the outcome." 

The Riverside County Sheriff's Office didn't respond to Fox News Digital erstwhile asked wherefore the bureau didn't perceive astir the incidental until 2 days later.

Elway made his archetypal nationalist comments regarding the incidental aft Sperbeck passed distant connected Wednesday, according to ESPN.

JOHN ELWAY'S AGENT DEAD AFTER GOLF CART CRASH WHERE BRONCOS LEGEND WAS REPORTEDLY DRIVING

The Madison Club play people successful La Quinta, California, is seen connected Feb. 4. (Jay Calderon/The Desert Sun/USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images)

"I americium perfectly devastated and heartbroken by the passing of my adjacent friend, concern spouse and cause Jeff Sperbeck," Elway said. "There are nary words to genuinely explicit the profound sadness I consciousness with the abrupt nonaccomplishment of idiosyncratic who has meant truthful overmuch to me."

Sperbeck's household besides released a connection pursuing his passing.

"We are profoundly saddened to stock the passing of our beloved Jeff Sperbeck. He was a fantastic father, husband, brother, lad and person to galore and volition beryllium profoundly missed by all," the Sperbeck household said. "We are grieving this unimaginable nonaccomplishment arsenic a household alongside our dearest friends the Elway’s and the galore different clients Jeff called friends."

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John Elway warms up earlier the Super Bowl against the Atlanta Falcons successful Miami connected Jan. 31, 1999. (Robert Deutsch/USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images)

Sperbeck's narration with Elway began successful 1990 aft becoming his manager. Fellow Pro Football Hall of Famers Ronnie Lott and Jim Plunkett were besides among Sperbeck's clients, but helium has represented hundreds of NFL players.

Elway led the Broncos to 2 Super Bowls during his 16 years successful the NFL, each of which were with Denver. He went connected to go the Broncos' wide manager and enforcement vice president aft helium near the league arsenic a player, past was a advisor for the squad up until March 2023.

Fox News Digital's Scott Thompson contributed to this report.